At 328 meters tall,
Sky Tower
in
Auckland
is the tallest building
in the southern hemisphere. The
Sky Tower
boasts three observation
decks - the main observation level at 186, the Skydeck Viewing
Platform at 220 meters and the "Vertigo Climb Viewing Platform" at
a whopping 270 meters. From each of the three viewing levels
you can enjoy 360 degree degree views. The first two observation
decks are reachable by elevators, the elevator to the main
observation deck from the ground is a frighteningly quick 40
seconds. To reach the "Vertigo Climb Viewing Platform" (the
External Crow's Nest) one can make the 15 minute climb up the
internal structure. From the Crow's Nest one can see, we are
told, the Tasman Sea, the Pacific Ocean, both harbours and
up ot 48 volcanoes.

The Sky Jump

The
Sky Jump is quite different from a bungy jump in that it is
simply a fall. You jump off
Sky Tower
from 192 meters in the
air. "Fall at approximately 85kph for around 14 seconds beore
slowing in the last few metres to land gently" the brochure
reads. If that sounds exciting, you've never seen someone do
it! They may find it exciting, but it's far to scary for the
faint-hearted.

Key facts

About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook